# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 3.4.3

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 3, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/3.4.3

Ὅπως δὲ καὶ τῶν ὑδάτων τοῦ χειμῶνος ἀπολαύωσι καὶ τοῦ θέρους καταψύχωνται, δεῖ γὰρ δὴ πρὸς ἀμφοτέρας τὰς ὥρας παρεσκευάσθαι, διὰ τοῦτ' ὑποβάλλουσι κάτω λίθους ὅπως συρροὴ γίνηται τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ τοῦ θέρους οὗτοι καταψύχωσι τὰς ῥίζας. Οἱ δὲ κληματίδας ὑποτιθέασιν οἱ δὲ κέραμον παρακατορύττουσιν ὕδατος οἱ δὲ ξύλον κνημοπαχὲς εἶτ' ἐξαιροῦσιν ὅπως ἔχῃ τροφὴν ἀεὶ τὰ φυτὰ διϊκμαζομένης τῆς γῆς καὶ συρρεόντων τῶν ὑδάτων. Ἁπλῶς γὰρ τοῦτο δεῖ τηρεῖν ὅπως καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ὄμβρους τοὺς γινομένους καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἕξει συμμέτρως· αἱ γὰρ τροφαὶ καὶ αἱ αὐξήσεις διὰ τούτων.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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